Brassiere



Patented July 20, 1943 Sophie Berdach, New York, N. Y., assignor to Lily of France Corset Company, Inc., New York,

Application January 6, 1942, Serial No. 425,709

1 Claim.

. and waist line are rarely perfectly uniform in size and shape, such structure does not always afford a perfect fit.

The main object of this invention is to provide a construction which will obviate this drawback, and also facilitate its manufacture.

With these and other objects in view, my invention will be readily understood by reference to the accompanying drawing which constitutes part of this specification and in which similar reference characters denote corresponding parts.

Figure 1 is a front elevation of my novel brassiere shown in position of use;

Figure 2 is a side elevation thereof;

Figure 3 is a rear elevation thereof and Figure 4 is an enlarged front elevation of one of the units of the brassiere in unfolded or flattened condition.

My novel brassire is composed of two separate symmetrical unattached units I0, which are adapted to be separately tightened around the body of the wearer. Each unit comprises a substantially cone-shaped forwardly bulging breast receiving pocket II, a bodice l2, attached to the lower edge of the pocket and serving to extend over a part of the diaphragm, and a waist line piece of material l3 attached to the outer lateral edges of the pocket and bodice and adapted to be folded around one side and cover a part of the back of the wearer, as best seen in Figs. 2 and 3. The bodice l2 of each unit has its inner lateral edge I2 cut on a bias so that when the units are tightened around the body of the wearer they will somewhat overlap one another from a point just below the center of the chest, as is best seen in Fig. l. The waist line piece l3 has its outer lateral edge 13 cut at an angle or curve sloping downwardly so as to overlap a corresponding part of the waist line piece l3 of the other unit, when the brassire is in use. Attached to the rear or outer edge I3 of the waist line piece l3 of each unit I is an elastic or semi-elastic strap l4 having at its free end a plurality of fastening members such as eyes It adapted to engage hooks I! provided on another elastic strap l attached to the inner edge I2 of the bodice of each unit. Attached with one end to the upper edge or apex of each cone-shaped pocket I I and with its other end to the upper edge of the waist line piece l3 of each unit is the usual shoulder strap 20.

When applied to the body the waist line piece I3 of each unit will extend around one side and somewhat beyond the middle of the back, while its elastic strap 14 will fold around'the opposite side of the wearer and be fastened to the strap l5 of the same unit.

The two units, as with the ordinary long line brassires, are each provided with means for their attachment to the corset (not shown). In order to facilitate such attachment one of the units may be provided with a plurality of depending looped flaps l8 while the other may have depending hooks carrying flaps I9 which after the units are tightened around the body can be passed through the loops [8 to engage eye lets or the like that may be provided on the corset (not shown).

My new two piece brassiere can be manufactured and kept in stock in two separate sets, each set of different sizes. so that the customer can pick out from the two sets the particular size that will best suit her.

It will be seen that when each unit is separately tightened around the body of the wearer, each of the breasts will be effectively held in its pocket without the exertion thereon of any strain from the other unit, and the fatty portions appearing on each side of the waist line and back of the wearer will be separately compressed, thus affording a perfect fit and improving the figure.

Various changes may be made in the construction without departing from the principle of my invention. I, therefore do not wish to restrict myself to the details described and shown.

What I claim is:

A brassiere composed of two separate and symmetrical units, each unit comprising a forwardly bulging breast-receiving pocket; a bodice-piece attached to and along the lower edge of said pocket and extending downwardly sufficient to overlie and constrain the fatty portion of the diaphragm of a wearer below a breast, said pocket and bodice-piece having an inner lateral edge cut on a bias so that the bodice-piece of one unit will overlap the bodice-piece of the other unit below the center of the chest of the wearer and provide overlapping portions of the bodice-piece of each unit over the mid-portion of the diaphragm when the brassiere is in use; a waist-line-piece attached along the outer lateral edges of said pocket and bodice and adapted to fold around one side and cover the fatty portions at the waist and at one side of the back of the wearer, the waistdisengageable elements for joining the free ends 10 of said elastic waist-pieces; said breast-receiving pocket, bodice-piece, waist-line-piece and elastic waist-pieces being fitted to constrain the covered fleshy portions of the wearer and to hold the breast in the Docket when tightened around the body of the wearer by said elastic Waist-pieces; and a shoulder strap attached to said pocket and said waist-line piece.

SOPHIE BERDACH. 

